Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Constitution of Pakistan (1973)---   ---Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Civil service---Selection for post---Petitioner was aggrieved of the selection of respondent for the post in question and claimed to have required experience---Validity---Petitioner failed to produce any document showing that he had any. experience in project management---It was specific and clear in the advertisement that relevant experience required was ten years but petitioner had no such experience---Respondent who had been notified was a suitable person and well qualified---Respondent was Ph.D. in Microbiology with ten years experience of project management and his age was also 59 years, therefore, he was suitably qualified---Petition was dismissed in limine. JUDGMENT SYED MEHMOOD ALAM RIZVI, J.---Petitioner filed this petition with the following prayers:-- (a) To declare that the interview held on 16-7-2007 for the appointment of Project Director is mala fide and may very kindly be declared null and void and the respondents may very kindly be directed to hold the fresh interview while affording the opportunity to attend the said interview. (b) The cost of the petition may very kindly be borned by the respondents Nos.1 and 2. (c) Any other relief or relief which this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case, may also be granted to the petitioner, in the best interest of justice. 2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the petitioner is a retired person from Service of the Livestock Department, Government of Sindh. The respondent No.2 advertised for the post of `Project Director for the National Programme for the Control of Prevention of Avian Influenza Scheme for three years with certain qualifications and experience in the relevant field. As a result, the petitioner applied for the said post through his CV along with details of his qualifications and annexed certificates/letters of his experience, but the respondent No.2 had not even bothered to call the petitioner for an interview, and is said to have appointed another person to the post. 3. Conversely, Mrs. Sofia Saeed Shah, learned Standing Counsel, has contended that the petitioner did…

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